Mel stays quiet working on a small project she picked up out of most everybody's way. she does not talk to anyone her mind focused on her work.
no smile on her face she appears to be rather sullen probably worried about Kai. and is trying to use this project to keep her mind occupied instead of worrying about him.
every so often she mumbles something in some unintelligible language.
"The kids," he murmured. "There were three young children...from the elementary school I think. They were in the garden. I'm not sure why. But they would have been hit by the schrapnel and it would have killed them."
"I'm sorry, Rena. Your clothes and hair are a mess because of me," he added apologetically.
"Hush, don't apologize for that Bradley. You were exceedingly brave to take that upon yourself. Besides, it's just clothing, I don't really have much need for it."
Rena unclips the soggy top and pulls it off, exposing herself seemingly without shame right there is the cafeteria. Of course, she almost seems to defy gravity. Large but somehow perky at the same time. Truly, she must be from Heaven. "See? Nothing to be concerned about." she says, with that same radiant smile on her face, though it is very likely that no one is looking at her face anymore.
Anahita stares. Well, at first, unflinching at Ephebe before a blink occurs."I am uncertain of what is going on-- this is technologically based. I would prefer to tend to the land." Anahita peers around again considering the destruction of the landscape and all the fallen trees.
Then, pausing, she peers back at Ephebe and asks, "Can you rewind what happened here, and prevent this destruction? If I can aid you in this, you have but to ask. This loss of life is ...abhorrent. I ... will fix this, if not."
Another glance to the lifepod and Mithros over the door she had used her magics on, waiting.
"Ah, no...that power causes more problems than it solves," she said, shaking her head. "How is she doing?" she said, nodding to the passenger in the the escape pod.
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arthur looks up and lowers his helmet, he looks somewhat distracted, somewhat distressed "I don't know, I've been trying to hail him on the radio, but I get no response, last I heard from him he was saying good bye which makes me rather worried to say the least.."Jiminy nodded. "Sorry. I'll help you look once things calm down...see if we can't at least recover a body...maybe bring him back," he said sympathetically.
"thanks... I just feel guilty, I went out there, if I was just faster or hadn't gotten distracted I could have caught the stupid pod and Carl wouldn't have had to do whatever it is that he did...Bah what am I doing, unloading my guilty conscious on you, I'll let you get back to work and I'll do the same"
"Hmm...the name doesn't ring a bell...the place name or the person's name. Guess we'll just have to go and hope for the best."
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"Hush, don't apologize for that Bradley. You were exceedingly brave to take that upon yourself. Besides, it's just clothing, I don't really have much need for it."
Rena unclips the soggy top and pulls it off, exposing herself seemingly without shame right there is the cafeteria. Of course, she almost seems to defy gravity. Large but somehow perky at the same time. Truly, she must be from Heaven. "See? Nothing to be concerned about." she says, with that same radiant smile on her face, though it is very likely that no one is looking at her face anymore.
Bradley gets a severe nosebleed and faints.
Bradley smiled brightly even though he still had numerous wounds. "Thank you for your gift of healing," he said respectfully to Dom. "I get hurt a lot, so I have a lot of respect for healers," he added with a self-deprecating grin.
Rena bends forward slightly and kisses Dom on the cheek as they're clustered around Bradley. "Thank you for acting so quickly Dom. Your talents are truly amazing." She strokes Dom's arm fondly once again before returning her attentions to Bradley.
The angel-girl's top is soaked through with Bradley's blood - which of course makes the material cling to every inch of her. It would be super sexy (and probably see-through), except that it's... blood. Not always the most arousing thing.
"Who couldn't you let die, Bradley?" she says, and once again his head is cradled in her lap, though she's quite a bit more bloodied now than she was before - even her blue-white hair has some blood in it.
Dom Nods to Rena then looks to Bradley. "Don't worry about it, but your not fully healed yet so lets try not to get injured much more. Still where you can here my song for a while also. It should heal you the rest of the way."
He continues his song once again hoping to heal as many as possible before his arcane energies run out.
Bradley gets a severe nosebleed and faints.
"Wait Dom!" the now-topless Rena calls after the healer just leaving, as Bradley passes out. Rena is now getting /quite/ a few looks, and whispers are going around the cafeteria. "I think Bradley's hurt again, he just fainted and his nose is bleeding. Maybe he used his ability again."
She looks around at people. "Is there something wrong with me?" she asks him. He did seem fixated on her chest. She could feel a breeze across them and shivered slightly - though she wasn't cold.
Bradley gets a severe nosebleed and faints."Wait Dom!" the now-topless Rena calls after the healer just leaving, as Bradley passes out. Rena is now getting /quite/ a few looks, and whispers are going around the cafeteria. "I think Bradley's hurt again, he just fainted and his nose is bleeding. Maybe he used his ability again."
He laughs. "No I think that you just surprised him a bit. You really should put your cloths back on, not that I mind, but there are some in here I'm sure that will." He tells her while keeping a good view of her. Well once he gets up you should have him help you find some clean cloths. Till then could you keep your cloths on. I can't believe I just said that." Dom looks her over again before continuing. "Don't worry about him passing out though. Just give him a shake and he'll wake up." Dom sticks around till Bradley wakes up. Though he's not sure if he's doing it to make sure he's fine or just to see Rena's chest longer.
Tryko'Sam goes around and prepares to help folks.
Mostly, he's not the genius of mechanics that others here might be, but if nothing else, he doesn't appear to get tired at all, and seems rather fearless about holding blow torches or the like.
None the less, he does his best to help and does appear to have some of the technological skills that may help out, plus willingness and energy.
When Mithros approaches the life pod, he can see right into the interior. There is no seating whatsoever, simply a smashed console where a pilot might sit in a normal life pod, and a large, silvery stasis capsule with only one marking on its surface: (looks kinda like this, minus the red crap and the box)
There are no visible keypads, keyholes, clamping mechanisms, or other means of closing or opening the device. When Anahita shows up and casts knock on it, there seems to be no reaction from the stasis capsule; it sits quiescent.
Ephebe arrives and once she moves around to where she can view the stasis capsule, to her altered perception, she can see that the capsule is changing.
A hiss sounds from the capsule as pressure is released, and previously invisible seams appear across the surface of it as four panels curl back like a mercurial banana skin. Inside is a young girl, perhaps 15, laying flat on her back. There is something subtly .. wrong .. with the way she looks.
A few seconds after the pod opens, a strident and distinctive beeping pattern of sound emanates from the open cockpit of Big Boy 2. Mithros feels a cold chill rush up his spine; that is the biohazard alarm.
Anahita senses the appearance of teeming billions of new life forms. Microscopic, voracious, and aggressive life forms. A veritable invasion force of hungry virus.
He laughs. "No I think that you just surprised him a bit. You really should put your cloths back on, not that I mind, but there are some in here I'm sure that will." He tells her while keeping a good view of her. Well once he gets up you should have him help you find some clean cloths. Till then could you keep your cloths on. I can't believe I just said that." Dom looks her over again before continuing. "Don't worry about him passing out though. Just give him a shake and he'll wake up." Dom sticks around till Bradley wakes up. Though he's not sure if he's doing it to make sure he's fine or just to see Rena's chest longer.
Tami walked up with a pitcher of fresh water and an amused smirk. "I brought you some fresh water so you can get back to healing and, you know, stop ogling the patients," she said with a wink.
Tami walked up with a pitcher of fresh water and an amused smirk. "I brought you some fresh water so you can get back to healing and, you know, stop ogling the patients," she said with a wink.
He laughs. "No I think that you just surprised him a bit. You really should put your cloths back on, not that I mind, but there are some in here I'm sure that will." He tells her while keeping a good view of her. Well once he gets up you should have him help you find some clean cloths. Till then could you keep your cloths on. I can't believe I just said that." Dom looks her over again before continuing. "Don't worry about him passing out though. Just give him a shake and he'll wake up." Dom sticks around till Bradley wakes up. Though he's not sure if he's doing it to make sure he's fine or just to see Rena's chest longer.
"I-I wasn't ogling. Ok maybe a little. I'm sorry." He bows toward them both. His face was red with embarrassment. Dom slips off his own Hawaiian style shirt and holds it out to Rena, now trying to keep his eyes averted. "Here Rena you should cover up with this. The buttons work even though I don't use them."
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With a glance at the figure from where she is standing and then the roaring sensation within her mind's eye and ear of more things, Anahita seems to grasp immediately what the cause of such is.
She takes one step back and says calmly, "The fire will burn, but be assured, I will heal any damage-- we must stop the unseen threat of minute creatures!"
That said, she invokes her domain's power, whipping up a sheet of flame instantly after gesture, word and channeled energies. A 'Wall of Fire' is generated, creating a circle some 30 feet radius, yet going up 20 feet, and dipping into itself, with the flaming heat pointed inwards, towards all three of the people gathered-- including the occupant of the lifepod.
The air borne creatures, would soon feel the power of much worse, as she seemed to be flowing into another action to follow the first, only the lightest of frowns on her expressive face.
"Wait, I think she's sick...." and as the biohazard alarms go off, "and we might be now too."
And then there was a wall of fire. Thankfully it wasn't terribly strong.
"Well, that's one way to handle it..."
Meanwhile, back at the real, and trashed, infirmary, Wyrd's massive head, nearly three feet tall, emerges from the floor just outside the doorway, "I brought things to help. I am no good with healing, but I am good with the earth." His massive hand emerges from the floor several feet away with a few dozen large rocks in it. When it sinks back into the stone, he looks about for someone to answer, "Do you need more?"
Meanwhile, back at the real, and trashed, infirmary, Wyrd's massive head, nearly three feet tall, emerges from the floor just outside the doorway, "I brought things to help. I am no good with healing, but I am good with the earth." His massive hand emerges from the floor several feet away with a few dozen large rocks in it. When it sinks back into the stone, he looks about for someone to answer, "Do you need more?"
Tryko'Sam peers around at whoever's going to speak to the big head in the ground and hands with rocks, and after seeing no response, says, "Hey there, big guy-- what's with the rocks? I .. sure, if those will help. Looks like we're repairing and ... something." He vaguely gestures around.
"Any help is appreciated."
Tryko'Sam peers around at whoever's going to speak to the big head in the ground and hands with rocks, and after seeing no response, says, "Hey there, big guy-- what's with the rocks? I .. sure, if those will help. Looks like we're repairing and ... something." He vaguely gestures around.
"Any help is appreciated."
Wyrd looks at T'Sam blankly for a moment, then his hand rises from the floor again and picks up one of the smaller stones. He holds it between two fingers and flicks it almost gently with his other hand. A chip flakes off to reveal a clear crystalline interior. Anyone with appraise or knowledge nature would be able to identify the stone as a rough diamond. "People died. Others can use these to fix the dead people."
Keme froze. No. Nonononononono....this was not happening. He was doing his job. He was working to keep her safe, just like he'd been ordered. She wasn't safe if the school was under attack. But...but she...she....
He teleported from the ruins of the lab to the animal hospital, but it was already too late....much, much too late.
He felt numb. She was probably the only person he's ever met who didn't want something from him except friendship. Well, her and Nasima. But....Sima was gone and maybe never coming back. And if he hadn't been ignoring Kitty...if he'd done what he was supposed to....he should have been here. He should have protected her.
He looked around at the destruction. There was so much blood. So much...even the stupid squirrels in their little outfits...
He picked up the limp body of her little blue drake. She wouldn't want him to leave it behind. Of all of her animal friends this little one was the most important to her. He tucked the body inside his pocket so it wouldn't fall on the way to the temporary infirmary and picked up Kitty's limp body. Whoever had done this had been viscious. Her neck had been stabbed so many times her head was almost severed. He cradled it carefully against his shoulder as he picked her up. The whole thing felt so surreal. He wished it were just a bad dream. But it wasn't. It was all to real.
Keme stumbled into the cafeteria carrying Kitty's blood-covered body.
Wyrd looks at T'Sam blankly for a moment, then his hand rises from the floor again and picks up one of the smaller stones. He holds it between two fingers and flicks it almost gently with his other hand. A chip flakes off to reveal a clear crystalline interior. Anyone with appraise or knowledge nature would be able to identify the stone as a rough diamond. "People died. Others can use these to fix the dead people."
Tryko'Sam stands quiet for a moment and then says, "Sounds great there, rocky. Just keep them ..coming, I suppose? I think the Cafeteria has the people getting back up right now-- not sure how many more they can do that with, those Angels all vanished."
He then smiles once, charming like, and goes back to welding. Clearly, not his element, but polite about things.
Wyrd looks at T'Sam blankly for a moment, then his hand rises from the floor again and picks up one of the smaller stones. He holds it between two fingers and flicks it almost gently with his other hand. A chip flakes off to reveal a clear crystalline interior. Anyone with appraise or knowledge nature would be able to identify the stone as a rough diamond. "People died. Others can use these to fix the dead people."Tryko'Sam peers around at whoever's going to speak to the big head in the ground and hands with rocks, and after seeing no response, says, "Hey there, big guy-- what's with the rocks? I .. sure, if those will help. Looks like we're repairing and ... something." He vaguely gestures around.
"Any help is appreciated."
"Wyrd...that's actually awesome...can you make those into dust for us?The healers are all working in the cafeteria until we get this place fixed up. But those are just what they're gonna need to bring back those who didn't make it..they just need to have them as dust first."
"Uh, hang on a sec..."
::Pheebs...how bad is it? Are you okay? Are you going to be okay?::
"Wyrd...that's actually awesome...can you make those into dust for us?The healers are all working in the cafeteria until we get this place fixed up. But those are just what they're gonna need to bring back those who didn't make it..they just need to have them as dust first."
"Uh, hang on a sec..."
::Pheebs...how bad is it? Are you okay? Are you going to be okay?::
With a nod, Wyrd picks the diamonds back up, scooping them up in one huge hand, "Yes. Do you have a container for it?"
With a nod, Wyrd picks the diamonds back up, scooping them up in one huge hand, "Yes. Do you have a container for it?""Wyrd...that's actually awesome...can you make those into dust for us?The healers are all working in the cafeteria until we get this place fixed up. But those are just what they're gonna need to bring back those who didn't make it..they just need to have them as dust first."
"Uh, hang on a sec..."
::Pheebs...how bad is it? Are you okay? Are you going to be okay?::
"Not here, but they'll definitely have them in the cafeteria."
"If I don't come talk to you before tomorrow come find me...I have something I could really use your help for."
Ephebe feels nausea and weakness wash over her. Only the worst of nerve toxins operate this fast and strong. She can feel the presence of the virus in her body. Can feel it changing her. She feels a confusing hatred pressing against her; a hatred for Anahita.
Anahita can sense the fire annihilating the virus, its numbers dying in their millions. But it seems that there is no end to them. They are appearing as fast as she can burn them.
The oddness about the girl is that her arms and hands are off. There is an extra joint in each finger, and the proportion of her arms is wrong. At least until the fire hits her, then she screams, her eyes snapping open, and her skin reddens, blisters, then a ripple passes through her skin and her arms and fingers revert to normal human proportions and her skin takes on a reddish hue. She stops screaming. Her eyes remain wide open though she seems to be staring at something very far away, and she is mouthing "no" soundlessly, over and over and over.
"Not here, but they'll definitely have them in the cafeteria."
"If I don't come talk to you before tomorrow come find me...I have something I could really use your help for."
Wyrd nods to Jiminy then sinks into the stone again. A few moments later, he emerges to about his ribcage, or at least, where his ribcage is sculpted, in an empty portion of the cafeteria floor. "I need a large container." One of the cooks brings him a large mixing bowl and with a grimace of pain, he begins grinding the diamonds to dust between his iron hands. Once he finishes he holds the bowl out in the general direction of the nearest healer, "This is powdered diamonds. Jiminy said it needed to be powder. Use it to fix the dead people."
Keme froze. No. Nonononononono....this was not happening. He was doing his job. He was working to keep her safe, just like he'd been ordered. She wasn't safe if the school was under attack. But...but she...she....
He teleported from the ruins of the lab to the animal hospital, but it was already too late....much, much too late.
He felt numb. She was probably the only person he's ever met who didn't want something from him except friendship. Well, her and Nasima. But....Sima was gone and maybe never coming back. And if he hadn't been ignoring Kitty...if he'd done what he was supposed to....he should have been here. He should have protected her.
He looked around at the destruction. There was so much blood. So much...even the stupid squirrels in their little outfits...
He picked up the limp body of her little blue drake. She wouldn't want him to leave it behind. Of all of her animal friends this little one was the most important to her. He tucked the body inside his pocket so it wouldn't fall on the way to the temporary infirmary and picked up Kitty's limp body. Whoever had done this had been viscious. Her neck had been stabbed so many times her head was almost severed. He cradled it carefully against his shoulder as he picked her up. The whole thing felt so surreal. He wished it were just a bad dream. But it wasn't. It was all to real.
Keme stumbled into the cafeteria carrying Kitty's blood-covered body.
While turned away from from Rena Dom notices a boy with strange ears enter. In his arms is a bloody girl. Both looked about the same age as he and Tami, but the girl was covered in blood and not moving. "Oh gods. Tami I think I'm going to need more fresh water." He drops the shirt and bends all the water from the pitcher of water and rushes over to the boy and girl. "Quickly set her down on the table." He tells Keme while pointing out a clear table. "How long has she been like this?"
"I-I wasn't ogling. Ok maybe a little. I'm sorry." He bows toward them both. His face was red with embarrassment. Dom slips off his own Hawaiian style shirt and holds it out to Rena, now trying to keep his eyes averted. "Here Rena you should cover up with this. The buttons work even though I don't use them."
At Dom's reassurances that Bradley was alright (though she wasn't sure how her surprising him had anything to do with fainting and nose bleeding), Rena laid him down on the infirmary bed, as one of the other healers came around to tend to him.
Rena takes the offered shirt from Dom and slips it on - though doesn't really take the necessary time to button it. He did seem strangely insistent that she put clothes on. The shirt doesn't quite fit enough for her to button anyway, as it has to encompass her wings too. She's still in danger of flashing everyone present.
Before Keme's entrance carrying the dead figure of Kitty, Rena had walked up to the girl standing next to Dom, smiling at her broadly. Given that the shirt remained un-buttoned, Rena was still showing a fair bit of skin, though the primary focus of attention had been covered up. Still, Rena takes Tamina's hands - which are heavenly soft - and brushes up next to her. "Are you the love that Dom spoke of?" she asks sweetly. The angel girl runs her hand up and down Tamina's arm, savouring the delicate soft skin of the elf. Given Tamina's generally scantily clad garb, the sight of the two would probably prove extremely distracting (assuming that Tamina didn't pull away).
When Kitty's body was brought in, Rena's stomach did something completely foreign to her. It twitched in revulsion, and it was all Rena could do not to spew vomit everywhere. Her eyes watered a bit, though after the almost-upchuck, she turns away from the horrific scene and instead "tucks" herself into Tamina, obviously seeking comfort.
Fei walks the remaining distance to the Materials and Supplies building, and upon arriving... well, suffice to say, it's the smell that gets to him before anything else.
The smell of melted and burnt matter, flesh and various other non-living items. It's then, that, unless the building is completely air-tight, that he might notice just the slightest bit of smoke still casually creeping out of the place.
Depending on any awareness he might have of magical or martial warfare, of the technological variety, it's a question of whether or not to open the door into the build, considering what might be within.
Additionally, unless he's completely deaf, there does sound as if some 'movement' can be heard from within, plus a few low moans or the like. The thick walls to the place, though, might make it harder to hear.
Fei comes up short as he rounds the corner of the school, the smell and smoke coming from the Materials and Supplies building not the result of the recent shower of metal shards. Though he no longer needs to breathe, the young monk has to take a steadying breath against the repeated assaults against the school...and now here, his home.
His brow furrowed, Fei quietly approaches the main doors from the side, keenly aware of the moans coming from his coworkers, but also of the movement which could indicate something...else...
Mel stays quiet working on a small project she picked up out of most everybody's way. she does not talk to anyone her mind focused on her work.
no smile on her face she appears to be rather sullen probably worried about Kai. and is trying to use this project to keep her mind occupied instead of worrying about him.
every so often she mumbles something in some unintelligible language.
a person that isn't a person watches not being particularly nosy .... Just keeping an eye on her...
The person is working on assembling something across the room.... Has he been doing that long? You don't remember him showing up
Renkai's starting to stir in the cafeteria...
Twitches....shakes....clenched hands.... That sort of thing
"There you are..." he says when Ephebe arrives. When the capsule opens he jumps back.
When Anahita starts with the fire, he gets out of it, although it doesn't hurt him, he doesn't want to torch his flight suit.
"What's with the fire?! Are you crazy?"
He hears the girl scream, and starts to work firebending katas to extinguish the fire...
As Vai was standing there lookiing around for Anahita, Keme staggers in, holding a limp body... oh Light it's Kitty. I... killed her too? The other me?
Anyone watching Vai can see her face twist in pain and guilt, tears forming, and she vanishes in a flash of light.
She re-appears outside the cafeteria - out of line of sight of Kitty's corpse, and puts a hand on the wall - she was looking for the comfort only one person could give - her Mom.
Upon finding her, Vai's face is streaming tears and she runs into her dad's arms (since he's nearby, and Aananda may well be conked out at this point).
She goes on to explain the intricacies of the book with all its pages and letters, as well as talking about sphinxessess and where they were from and what they were like, the pretty music the boy with the water was making, how he came to school, the care and feeding of certain animals, ships, ceiling wax, cabbages and kings, for a long while they talk. She seems willing to just sit and talk with the new person for as long as he'd like. This helps keep her mind off all the bad things that were happening and his mind off the impending sense that he could never be anything but a scary monster. She takes to calling him Alley because of his long name being a bit much for the six-seven year old.
He enjoys the conversation. Sara will get the impression it's been a very long time since he just sat and chatted with anyone like this.
"There you are..." he says when Ephebe arrives. When the capsule opens he jumps back.
When Anahita starts with the fire, he gets out of it, although it doesn't hurt him, he doesn't want to torch his flight suit.
"What's with the fire?! Are you crazy?"
He hears the girl scream, and starts to work firebending katas to extinguish the fire...
As Mithros begins firebending, the fire starts to slacken, and Anahita can sense that the tide of viral invaders is no longer held in check by the fire; they are being produced faster than the fire is killing them. She is now certain, something is producing them.
Yrrin due to lack of progress in the tracking of the infirmary massacre... is out and about looking for injured people on the outside of the school
grim is casting cure spells on people who are injured.
As Mithros begins firebending, the fire starts to slacken, and Anahita can sense that the tide of viral invaders is no longer held in check by the fire; they are being produced faster than the fire is killing them. She is now certain, something is producing them.
As Mithros begins firebending, the fire starts to slacken, and Anahita can sense that the tide of viral invaders is no longer held in check by the fire; they are being produced faster than the fire is killing them. She is now certain, something is producing them.
After a minute the maze effect reappears.
"Well, unless we want to expend magic every half a minute, we might have to risk the maze.."
"or we could you know dimensional anchor ourselves, I do have that spell, but tybalt doesn't want to do that....."
"We would have to leave Tybalt behind if he doesn't have that spell on him, and I don't want to leave anyone alone in this mountain."
With Anthony safe, Michael moves on to another section of the makeshift infirmary, wishing he still had the healing power he'd borrowed before the War.